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Haji Mulla Husayn's settlement, 1884
The document reads, in part: Haji Mulla Husayn, the preacher, settled his property in Sarshur district to his two underage sons, Aqa Shaykh Muhammad Baqir and Aqa Shaykh ʻAbd al-ʻAli. Until thirty years from the date of this document, the benefits of the settled property are for Haji Mulla Husayn. When he dies and the underage children come of age, with the knowledge of their mother, who will oversee the execution of the will, they have to pay 200 tumans of the benefit as Khums [religious tithe] over the course of four years, paying 50 tumans each years. [On margin:] After four years of...
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Affidavit, 1853
The document reads, in part: "It is stated that Khanum Buzurg, the daughter of the deceased Muhammad ʻAli Khan [from] Dawdangah and the wife of Sayyid Muhammad (son of the deceased Sayyid Jaʻfar Razavi), has passed away. Her inheritors are two daughters and a son. She had inherited belongings (cows, sheep, and some properties) from her father. Now that the guardian of these children is their father, Sayyid Muhammad, the property inherited by the children should be given to him. Whoever knows about the truth of these lines should write their name and seal on the verso in order for this...
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Stipend of the Russian woman and her children, 1900-1901
This stipend is for the months of Rajab, Sha‘ban, and Ramazan in 1900-1901 and, reads, in part: "Received by Nasir al-Tawliyah and given to the Jadid al-Islam [recently converted to Islam] Russian woman and her children for the month of Rajab 1318 AH [25 October to 23 November 1900]; 2000 dinars in cash and 30 mans [each man is three kilograms] of bread." "Received by Nasir al-Tawliyah and given to the Jadid al-Islam [recently converted to Islam] Russian woman and her children for the month of Shaʻban 1318 AH [24 November to 22 December 1900]; 2000 dinars in cash and 30 mans [each man is...
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Settlement and will of Haji Mulla Husayn, 1882
The document reads in part: Haji Mulla Husayn, the preacher, settled 1500 tumans with three of his sons, Mirza Muhammad Riza Khadim, Shaykh Muhammad Baqir, and Shaykh ʻAbd al-ʻAli, for a man [three kilograms] of salt. If the settlor dies and the two underage sons [Shaykh Muhammad Baqir and Shaykh ʻAbd al-ʻAli] are adults at the time of executing the will, the settled money, 1500 tumans, should be used for the expenses of the burial, funeral, and other religious duties. Mulla Husayn himself testified to the changes applied to both wills and they are correct. If Mulla Husayn dies while the...
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Settlement and will of Haji Mulla Husayn, 1882
The document reads in part: Haji Mulla Husayn, the preacher, settled 1500 tumans and a man [three kilograms] of salt with his three sons, Aqa Mirza Muhammad Riza Khadim, Aqa Shaykh Muhammad Baqir, and Aqa Shaykh ʻAbd al-ʻAli. If the settlor dies, these sons, Shaykh Muhammad Baqir and Shaykh ʻAbd al-ʻAli, should, when their mother (Haji Mulla Husayn's permanent wife) is informed, pay the expenses for the burial, funeral, religious tithes and duties, and rawzah using the settled money with Aqa Muhammad Riza. The changes in the two wills were confirmed by the testator when he was alive. If the...